house passes not on what lindsey graham brings up. meanwhile, jake, the white house counsel office reportedly held its own review of the view of ukraine. according to the washington post, this confident review, quote, turned up hundreds of documents that reveal extensive efforts to generate an after-the-fact justification for the decision. and a debate over whether the delay was legal. this is according to three people familiar with the records. the post goes on to report, quote, the research by the white house counsel office includes early white house changes between acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and white house budget officials seeking to provide an scomplings for withholding the funds. what does this say about mick
you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m ana cabrera in new york and we have breaking news this hour. a confidential white house review has turned up hundreds of emails showing extensive efforts to justify president trump s decision to freeze military aid to ukraine after the fact. this is new reporting from the washington post, and of course that delay of aid is at the center of the ongoing impeachment inquiry. according to the post, the documents include early august email exchanges between acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and white house budget officials. trump ordered this hold in mid july. the report says white house lawyers are expressing concern that the review has turned up some unflattering exchanges and
the administration to justify that decision and a debate even among budget national security council and state department officials over whether this delay in aid was legal. again, this was all after the fact, after the aid has been halted. now the washington post reports, according to documents turned up in a confidential white house review, white house acting chief of staff mick mulvaney asked budget officials in early august for an update on the legal rationale and how long it could be delayed. that was about a month after trump had made the decision to withhold the ukrainian aid without an assessment of the legality or reasoning. with us now to discuss is congressman cedric richmond who sits on the house judiciary committee. thanks for being here. will this put more fire now in the belly of democrats to get mulvaney to testify? look, i can just say this, that if you look at all the evidence and all the witnesses that have testified publicly or in the private sessions, it looks
august email exchanges between mulvaney and white house budget officials seeking to provide an explanation for the with holding of the funds. this after the light went off, then began this effort in the white house according to the reporting. the story this comes two days after a completely different set of newly released documents were obtained by government watchdog called american oversight. more information this coming from communications and more between the state department and other agencies in the white house. that again coming in after the public hearings ended there on the hill. adam schiff, we understand, not intending necessarily to have more public hearings. this tranche of about 100 pages reveal new details on the roles secretary of state mike pompeo, also rudy giuliani in this
confidential white house review of president trump s decision to place a hold on military aid to ukraine has turned up hundreds of documents that reveal expensive efforts to generate an after the fact justification for the decision. the paper cites three people familiar with these records. the report goes on, quote, the research was triggered by the congressional impeachment inquiry announcement in september. it includes early august email exchanges between acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and white house budget officials seek to go provide an explanation for withholding the funds. again, breaking news just in to us through the washington post. we ll be following this. other developments today, devin nunes responding to media allegations today that he met with ukrainian officials, a topic investigating joe biden and his son hunter. as a result the top republican on the house intelligence committee is now threatening legal action after thanksgiving